Safety, Health & Wellbeing Workshop

‘Managing Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) into the Wellbeing Era’

 

Workshop objectives:

• to update TU Dublin Management on current occupational safety, health (OSH) & wellbeing legislation and topics relevant to their statutory roles and responsibilities;
• to explore and discuss methods of effective management of OSH;
• to facilitate group discussions on OSH topics relevant to Directorates and Colleges in  TU Dublin City Campus;
• to enable each participant to identify their statutory role and responsibilities in managing OSH and to design a related action plan in the achievement of stated TU Dublin OSH objectives.

 

Descriptor:

OSH is evolving from the traditional focus on the ‘physical’ aspects of safety in the workplace to encompassing ‘health’ in an era where ‘wellbeing’ is coming to the fore.

Some traditional challenges remain, some are new, all require to be taken account of as an integral part of doing business today and to be managed like any other part of TU Dublin business.

The Safety, Health & Wellbeing Workshops will focus on the identification, management and control measures of the typical hazards and respective risks that TU Dublin, Ireland’s first Technological University, ‘where academic excellence in science, the arts, business, engineering and technology converge to create the leaders of tomorrow’ experience. Where those ‘leaders in waiting’ as students, experience leadership on a day to day basis at a most basic level in their surroundings, systems, communications and facilities. In essence a boomerang effect.

Topics include;

OSH Leadership

• OSH Leadership/Management Roles & Responsibilities
• Lagging versus Leading models of OSH leadership
• Proactive versus Reactive OSH interventions and strategies
• Implementation and operation. Measuring, auditing & reviewing OSH performance
• Employees OSH Duties
• Students: Duties related to OSH
• Contractors/3^rd Parties:  Duties related to OSH

Risk Assessment (TU Dublin Risk Assessment Templates)

• Responsibility for Conducting/Reviewing Risk Assessments - Key Points,
• Identification of Hazards under 6 Categories (Chemical, Biological, Physical, Health, Psychosocial, Ergonomic)
• Assessment of potential Risks of injuries, ill-health, loss, associated with the hazards identified applicable to TU Dublin City Campus. TU Dublin Safety Statement (parent & siblings). Updating, reviewing, additions. Health & Safety Authority Inspections/Investigations.
• Evaluation of Risk Control Measures both existing and suggested additional measures where warranted
• Psychosocial Risk Assessment specific issues – Work-related stress, Respect & Dignity, Social media, Equality, Work design, Organisational change, Conflicting demands, Role clarity, Decision making, Communication, Support, Competence, Leadership, Mental Health, Depression, Wellbeing, Resilience, EAP

TU Dublin OSH Key Systems overview

• TU Dublin website– OSH Resource
• TU Dublin OSH Policies and related documents/templates (accident/dangerous occurrence, emergency procedures, consultation, working groups)
• TU Dublin OSH Safe Work Procedures
• TU Dublin Emergency Policy and Plan OSH Case Law (integrated throughout relevant topics)